king orange

noun

large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida

• Syn: ↑temple orange, ↑temple orange tree, ↑tangor, ↑Citrus nobilis

• Hypernyms: ↑orange, ↑orange tree

• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Citrus

• Part Meronyms: ↑temple orange

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noun

1. : a citrus tree that produces a moderate sized fruit with a rich savory pulp enclosed in a thick deep orange-yellow to orange tuberculated rind and that may be a variety of the mandarin or a hybrid possibly between this and the sweet orange

2. : the fruit of the king orange